Boavo Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Boavo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Boavo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Boavo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Boavo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Boavo is found most in Cameroon. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Boavo.

How Common Is The Last Name Boavo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Boavo is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Boavo are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon Boavo is most numerous in: North Region, where 100 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent live and Ghana, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bouavo911/
Boava801,093/
Boabo807/
Baovo801/
Boawo801/
Boaboa7335/
Boavas7322/
Boayuo739/
Boauva731/
Bouabo731/
Bohovo731/
Bohava731/
Bohabot6781/
Bohaboj6776/
Bohaboy6773/
Bohovoi6751/
Bohaeva6736/
Bouabou6711/
Boyaeva676/
Bouampo671/
Boaboot671/
Boaboud671/
Bouaboz671/
Boaabot671/
Bojaeva671/
Boauvas670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Boavo
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